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Meaning of lockup house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.
    historical
  2. A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.
    colloquial, historical, obsolete

Examples

“He kept a lock-up house in Great Earle Street, Soho, and, although by profession a tailor, he had fitted it up most elegantly as a tavern.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Lockups Lockwood Lockwood South lockwork locky D Lockyer

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